September 06

Tuesday 06, 2005:

The California Legislature becomes the first legislative body in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage without a pre-emptive judicial order to do so.

Thursday 06, 2001:

United States v. Microsoft: The United States Justice Department announces that it was no longer seeking to break-up software maker Microsoft and will instead seek a lesser antitrust penalty.

Wednesday 06, 2000:

In New York City, the United Nations Millennium Summit begins with more than 180 world leaders present.

Saturday 06, 1997:

The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, at Westminster Abbey draws large crowds.

Friday 06, 1996:

Eddie Murray becomes the 15th member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Oriole Park in Baltimore, Maryland.

Wednesday 06, 1995:

Cal Ripken Jr. breaks Lou Gehrig's record of playing 2131 consecutive baseball games.

Friday 06, 1991:

The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924.

Saturday 06, 1986:

In Istanbul, two Arab terrorists from Abu Nidal's terror organization kill 22 and wound six inside the Neve Shalom synagogue during Shabbat services.

Friday 06, 1985:

Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9 crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31.

Tuesday 06, 1983:

The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Flight KAL-007, stating that the pilots did not know it was a civilian aircraft when it violated Soviet airspace.

Monday 06, 1976:

Cold War: Soviet air force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States.

Sunday 06, 1970:

Four passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinians. Two are taken to Dawson's Field in Jordan.

Friday 06, 1968:

Swaziland becomes independent.

Tuesday 06, 1966:

In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.

Monday 06, 1965:

War of 1965: India attacks Pakistan and announces that its forces will capture Lahore (city of Pakistan) in an hour.

Tuesday 06, 1955:

Istanbul Pogrom: Istanbul's Greek minority is the target of a government-sponsored pogrom.

Tuesday 06, 1949:

Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control.

Monday 06, 1948:

Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands.

Saturday 06, 1941:

Holocaust: The requirement to wear the Star of David with the word Jew inscribed, is extended to all Jews over the age of 6 in German-occupied areas.

Wednesday 06, 1939:

World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany.

Monday 06, 1937:

Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco.

Sunday 06, 1936:

The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in his cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.

Monday 06, 1915:

The first prototype tank is tested for the British Army for the first time.

Friday 06, 1901:

Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

Thursday 06, 1888:

a feat since accomplished only by Tom Richardson (twice), J.T. Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and Tich Freeman (six times).

Sunday 06, 1885:

Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria. The Unification of Bulgaria is accomplished.

Tuesday 06, 1870:

Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming, votes in the morning, becoming the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

Sunday 06, 1863:

American Civil War: Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.

Friday 06, 1861:

American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, which gives the Union control of the mouth of the Tennessee River.

Monday 06, 1847:

Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.

Thursday 06, 1781:

The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting a British minor victory

Friday 06, 1776:

Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, killing more than 6000.

Wednesday 06, 1628:

Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Sunday 06, 1620:

The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America.

Wednesday 06, 1522:

The Victoria, one of the surviving ships of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.

Tuesday 06, 394:

Battle of Frigidus: The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the pagan usurper Eugenius and his Frankish general Arbogast.

Tuesday 06, -3114:

On this date in the proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started.

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